PREPARATION AND MATERIALS NEEDED

• U.S. and den flags

• 1 large sheet of paper or poster board per Scout (Opening)

• Materials for the relay game (Activity 2)

— Two balls of equal weight and size

— 6-foot-long 2x4 board to serve as a balance beam

— 1-foot-tall objects to serve as obstacles

— Cones or markers to define start and endpoints of the race

— Buckets

• Large poster board and markers (Talk Time)

GATHERING: (Requirement 5)

• As Scouts arrive for the meeting, have the den chief, assistant den leader, or a parent show them how to do the frog leap, inchworm walk, kangaroo hop, and crab walk (see Meeting 2 Resources). Make sure everyone practices at least two of the exercises.

• Using paper or poster boards, have each Scout create a sign to hold up during the opening ceremony (see Opening).

OPENING

• Conduct a flag ceremony of your choosing that includes the Pledge of Allegiance and the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

• Simulate an international athletic event opening ceremony by having Scouts each carry in a sign announcing who they represent. This can indicate their country of ancestry, family name, street, or school.

TALK TIME

• Carry out business items for the den.

• Allow time for sharing among Cub Scouts.

• Explain that the skills they practiced during the Gathering will help them play the “Running with the Pack” relay game.

• Ask Scouts to offer examples of good sportsmanship. Write their answers on a poster board. (Note: This board will be used again in Meeting 3.)

• Have Scouts who completed requirement 6 at home share the shopping list and other information about the healthy meal they planned and prepared for their families.

CLOSING

• Say the Scout Oath together. Tell Wolf Scouts that when they did the Gathering exercises and played the relay game, they were having fun but also living out their promise to keep themselves “physically strong.” Also, when they practice good sportsmanship, they show that “a Scout is friendly” and “a Scout is courteous”—two points of the Scout Law.

• Have everyone vote on a game to play as the activity at Meeting 3. Give them three choices (e.g., basketball, kickball, ultimate, bowling, volleyball, etc.).

• If Meeting 3 will be held at a different location to play the game, make sure all arrangements and transportation plans are set.

AFTER THE MEETING

• Serve refreshments, if desired.

• Record completion of requirements 3, 5, and 6.

• Work together to clean up the meeting place.